The Town of Kill Devil Hills wishes everyonea happy and healthy Easter!

This year’s holidays will look a little different as we find new and meaningful ways to celebrate while staying at home. Thank you to everyone making sacrifices and staying at home for our families, our friends, and our community.

COVID-19 Bulletin #39 from Dare County Emergency Management

In North Carolina, there are currently over 4,312 cases of COVID-19 in 91 counties. There have been 80 fatalities in NC associated with COVID-19. Currently, the state is reporting 362 hospitalizations across the state from COVID-19 illness.

To date, Dare County has reported 13 positive test results for COVID-19. Of the 13 individuals who have tested positive, 8 have recovered/or are asymptomatically cleared (meaning they are 7 days post testing with no symptoms), 3 are asymptomatic (meaning they have not experienced any COVID-19 symptoms), 1 is recovering at home and 1 died.

As we enter the third full week with the Stay Home - Stay Healthy order in place to protect our community against the spread of COVID-19, each of us has an important role we must continue to play. With each day, we become more and more eager to get back to our activities, and routines prior to the disease outbreak. While it may be frustrating to continue to hear the same plea for social distancing, direct contact with only family members and practicing good hygiene, these are the most effective tools that we have to fight the spread. We are all in this together, and together, through responsible behavior and actions, we will get on the other side of this more quickly.

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services regularly release video updates with information regarding COVID-19. The video updates are available for streaming on Dare County’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/DareCounty.

Spread Kindness Not Germs

A few weeks ago, from donations, the Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce was able to hand out 100 bags of groceries to assist those in the hospitality industry that had been laid off due to COVID-19. Thanks to all for stepping up to help members of our community!

If you have been impacted by COVID-19 and need assistance, a list of community resources, such as food support and more is available at darenc.com/covidresources.

If you are in a position to help, please consider making a donation to the Beach Food Pantry. Visit their website for more information, https://beachfoodpantry.org/

Help spread kindness: If you have experienced an act of kindness, witnessed a selfless gesture, or been touched by a good deed, let us know and we will do our best to include a "shout-out" in our daily emails. Email acts of kindness to rachel@kdhnc.com.